When King Uther died,
no-one knew he had a son. So there was lots of arguing about
who should be High-King of Britain.

Suddenly a mysterious
stone magically appeared in the churchyard of St. Paulís
Cathedral in London. Sticking out of it was a huge sword.
There was a message on it. It said that whoever pulled the
sword from the stone was the rightful High-King of Britain.

Lots of the local
kings (or 'tyrants') tried to pull the sword out. It was
magically stuck fast though and the arguing carried on.

Years later, Arthur had
grown into a fifteen year old lad. It was time for his elder
foster-brother, Kay, to go to his first tournament (where
knights practiced fighting). So the family went to London.

Arthur got into trouble
because he had forgotten Kayís sword. So he went off to look
for one.

He found the sword in
the stone and pulled it out easily.

Arthur gave the sword to
Kay. Kay noticed the message and everyone wanted to know who
had pulled the sword from the stone.

At first, no-one
believed that Arthur had done it. But he repeated what he had
done. Everyone was amazed.